Healthcare associated infections (HAI) are those which a patient acquires while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility, requiring additional treatment which costs billions of dollars and resulting in thousands of … Read more…
Healthcare associated infections (HAI) are those which a patient acquires while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility, requiring additional treatment which costs billions of dollars and resulting in thousands of … Read more…
Following on from the expansion of the definition of workplace burnout by the World Health Organisation, and particularly in an era where switching off from the workplace is becoming more … Read more…
The 11th version of the international standard diagnostic tool for global health, as reviewed by the 194 member states of the World Health Assembly, includes an expanded definition of burnout. … Read more…
Despite the majority of opinion polls predicting a Labor victory in the Australian federal election this month, the Liberals-Nationals Coalition government was returned to power. Both parties made pledges in … Read more…
The exit date of the United Kingdom was originally scheduled for the end of March this year but UK Members of Parliament have not yet agreed on a deal. The … Read more…
The continued uncertainty over Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) has prompted some healthcare professionals to move overseas in search for more stability and some of them are … Read more…
The WA chapter of the Australian Medical Association says that encouraging more overseas-trained doctors to practice in regional areas is a concern if those doctors do not have the cultural … Read more…
The Australian Government Department of Health has released details of an initiative designed to direct primary healthcare doctors to areas in Australia with the greatest need. Due to an increase … Read more…
Around half of new kitchen and bathroom benchtops in Australia are made from products containing very high levels of silica and Cancer Council Australia data shows that more than 570,000 … Read more…
The authors of the MJA article are specifically calling for a focus on how climate change will impact the Australian health system.Health threats of concern in Australia vary according to … Read more…